Low Price Hospitals
Health Policy Commission Public Hearing Modification of the 2018 Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark Wednesday, March 8, 2017, 1:00pm 50 Milk Street, 8th Floor Boston, MA 02109 Testimony Steward Health Care System From 2013-2015, The Highest Priced Hospitals Experienced Significant Growth in Inpatient Discharges While Low Priced Hospitals Lost Volume, Yet Remained Efficient Highest Price Hospitals Low Price Hospitals 317,000 2013-2015 488,000 2013-2015 316,305 486,042 316,000 486,000 + 4,143 - 8,973 484,000 315,000 482,000 314,000 480,000 313,000 478,000 312,162 477,069 312,000 476,000 311,000 474,000 310,000 472,000 2013 2015 2013 2015 17 Hospitals with Avg. 46 Hospitals with Price of 1.4 Avg. Price of 1.0 Source: CHIA Inpatient Case Mix Data 2013-2015, CHIA Relative Price 2014 Note: Highest Priced hospitals are defined as those with the 75% highest Relative Prices in 2014 On Average, Every Discharge That Takes Place at a High Price Provider Costs the System Over $9,000 More Than If It Took Place At A Low Price, High Quality Provider $25,000 Weighted Average WAPR $22,491 $20,000 $15,000 $13,265 $10,000 $5,000 $0 High Price Low Price Boston Hospitals Account for Nearly Half of All Hospital Commercial Reimbursements Boston Teaching Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Share of Commercial Payments by Payer Brigham and Women's Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Tufts Medical Center 2014 Boston Medical Center Boston Children's Hospital Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
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